It’s an ego thing. Any punk reporter decorating birdcage liner can draw on it for copy from politicians.
Steve King isn’t stupid but we can all have stupid moments
The politicians submit to an interview from an antagonistic newspaper thinking the brilliance of their insights, or their sincerity, or their cleverness or charm, or an effort to educate or indulge some solicitous perhaps charming reporter, or the idea that ~~well as long as they spell my name right . . .
One element or another of those temptations explains Steve King’s mistake in talking to the New York Times. Whatever made him think his words would not be corrupted? We have run into such eagerness before, seen it in other worthy conservative elected officials with generally good policy positions.
We have little doubt King’s words were corrupted in print, out of context and if not were merely fumbling misstatements as ANYONE can trip over the thought and tongue interchange. Just don’t give such opportunities to the NYT without back-up of some sort present – other newspaper reporters, a recorder of your own . . .
Milwaukee Sheriff David Clark (ret) writing at Townhall has an excellent commentary making that point but more focused on the tendency propensity of Republicans to eat their own. Highly recommended.
Why Do GOP Politicians Obligingly Eat Their Own?
We would only add that the propensity is often not innocent or forgivable weakness or greater-good nonsense but political treachery.
Very well said. Great minds think alike.
I’m looking forward to family-sized helpings of illogic from the dems.
The women’s march debacle shows how identity politics will blow up. The leadership’s attachment to Farrakahn has got to make Jews and LGBTQ a bit nervous. It really makes no sense, since Muslims are such a tiny voting bloc overall.
They’ve unleashed the crazies, and the crazies will not want to be re-muzzled. They’ve lost control of their fringe. They are going to say and do things that’s going to make Chuck and Nancy cringe.
We, thinking conservatives, should expect our side to be smart. If one knows an ambush is waiting along the trail, don’t just send the point man to his doom.
Did Mitch give Joni the seat on the Judiciary with the knowledge she was going to come out as a “Survivor”? That’s the ultimate street cred when questioning an accuser.
It does serve that purpose, superficially anyway